The City of Lincoln Park Michigan 48146
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Everything you want to know about Your City of Lincoln Park, Michigan

 Lincoln Park High School was first accredited by NCA in 1954-55

 Robert Stanley, Author of: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe(R) Photoshop R 6, grew up in Lincoln Park, MI?

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 Our area is noted as the place where Chief Pontiac assembled his braves for the attack on Detroit in 1763.

 The amount of land area in Lincoln Park is approx. 15.147 sq. kilometers

 The amount of surface water is 0 sq. kilometers

 The distance from Lincoln Park to Washington DC is 409 miles.

 The distance to the Michigan State Capital is 79 miles (as the crow files)

 Lincoln Park is positioned 42.24 degrees north of the equator and 83.18 degrees west of the prime meridian.

 Downriver has a Walleye Federation Organization. Click here for more info.
 Wayne County was the "first" county in Michigan
 Wayne county was named for the American General "Mad" Anthony Wayne (1745-1796)

 Many interesting facts about Michigan - a must see site!

 Michigan History in total is found here.

 Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837. It became the 25th state admitted to the Union.

 When the First Michigan Infantry (the first western regiment to reach the northern capital)arrived in Washington (May 1861), President Abraham Lincoln reportedly exclaimed, "Thank God for Michigan."

 The name "Michigan" comes from the Indian word "Michigama" meaning great or big lake.

 Michigan Facts - search by year or event.

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 Michigan has an "officially recognized" state book: The Legend of the Sleeping Bear by Kathy-Jo Wargin and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (Sleeping Bear Press, 1998).

 The White Pine is the official state tree (in 1955)

 State flower is the Apple Blossom (in 1897)

 State bird is the Robin (in 1931)

 State Stone is the Petoskey Stone (in 1965)

 State Gem is the Chlorastrolite (in 1972)

 State fish is the Brook Trout (in 1988)

 State Soil is the Kalkaska Sand (in 1990)

 State Game Mammal is the White-tailed Deer (in 1997)

 State Wildflower is the Dwarf Lake Iris (in 1998)

 State Coat of Arms (in 1911) is an eagle holding an olive branch and arrows. An elk and moose support a shield displaying a man standing on a grassy peninsula.

 State Fossil (April 8, 2002) is the mastodon. Learn more about mastodon's trackway.